noun
Meaning 1
The rank or post of a chancellor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
chancellery
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɑːn.sə.lə.ɹi/
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Received-Pronunciation: /-səl.ɹi/ optionally syncopated
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Received-Pronunciation: /-slə.ɹi/
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US: /ˈt͡ʃænt.slə.ɹi/
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noun
Meaning 2
The office or staff of a chancellor.
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noun
Meaning 3
The building in which such an office is situated.
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noun
Meaning 4
a government building housing the office of a chancellor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: government building
History
Etymology
From Middle English chancelrie, from Old French chancelerie (Modern French chancellerie), from Late Latin cancellaria. Doublet of chancery.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: kanselierschap — function, post
- German: Kanzler — function, post
- German: Kanzlerin — function, post
- Italian: cancelliere — function, post
- Sicilian: canciḍḍeri — function, post
- Sicilian: canciḍḍera — function, post
- German: Kanzleibeamtin — staff
- German: Kanzleibeamter — staff
- German: Kanzleramtspersonal — staff
- German: Kanzleramtsangestellte — staff
- Indonesian: penata kanselerai — staff
- Italian: cancelleria — staff
- Sicilian: canciḍḍirìa — staff
- Danish: kancelli — office
- German: Kanzleramt — office
- German: Kanzlei — office
- Indonesian: kanselerai — office
- Italian: cancelleria — office
- Sicilian: canciḍḍirìa — office
- Danish: kancelli — building
- Dutch: kanselarij — building
- Esperanto: ĉefministrejo — building
- French: chancellerie — building
- Galician: chancelaría — building
- German: Kanzleramt — building
- German: Kanzlei — building
- Ido: kancelereyo — building
- Italian: cancelleria — building
- Sicilian: canciḍḍirìa — building
Real reading context